Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-03-10
LEGIsLArIvE

cussion of the submission bill was resum'
ed and concluded. The bill finally passed
by a vote Of 30 to 1, Messrs. Garden and
Williamson being absent. On motion Of
friends OF the bill the motion to reconsid.
er the action of the senate was laid upon
the table. thus putting the bill beyond re-
call. The judiciary committee will TO
port adversely on Mr.. Montedonico's
liquor dealers compensation bill. The
senate chamber has been crowded during
the three days discussion of the bill. and
the greatest Joy was manifested over the
result. The bill, as passed, fixes the day
Of election ON the third Tuesday In Sep
TENDER, 1887.
In the house, Resolutions condemning
the burning Of Governor Taylor in effigy.
at Lebanon, were passed over informally.
Bill to make ten days residence aqualifi.
cation for voting for civil district efiicers,
passed. Bill to make Il a misdemeanor
to carry on barbering on Sunday passed
Bill to empower county courts 10 employ
attorneys in their behalf In counties, pass
ed. Bin to repeal the section Of the code
In regard to chanperty and allow attpr-
neys TO charge fees contingent upon the
result Of law suits, passed.
March SIN the senate s bill was in
iroduced to devolve the duties 81 COVER.
nor on the secretary Of state in cas- the
governor dies or resigns, and there is no
speaker Of the senate. House bill for
relief of the Blonnt fraction Of Loudoa
county. passed. Senate bill accepting
the tender Of the Randall ose Industrial
School, and making it state insitn6oa
to be known as the Tennessee ladc<SEssl
School, and amended by substituting an
appropriation Of $saecO for he SsSee
to pay for additional buildings Was pas
sei.
In the house. on the resiisg q The
journal s mistake WAS found in the vcss
on the bill repeating the chxmrerv lsv.
which was corrected. The vote Was -
ayes and - n4ys-ihe Mn failing fer the
want Of a constitutional majority, TIE
special order being the Druggists Nkef
bill, Il WA taken up, and the 6~SscEssSe2
consumed the morning sessssa Tke
bill is to relieve sli druggists a The taxes
that have accrued against them as k1uo-
dealers from the yeSr. 1881 to rSS tncsc.
sive, who sold the Srticle< prescribed IN
good faith and who have not used drug.
gists' license as a blind. The bin pro
vides that where suits have been brought
and are now pending in the courts the
same are 10 be dismissed AZ the defend
ants cost The bin passed final reading
by a vote Of Sc yeas to "a nays. Speaker
Clapp's bill to amend the usury laws
making the conventional rste Of interest
eight per cent, was lost. Mr.. Milburn's
bin creating abureau Of labor, industrial,
statistics and mines, and defining the
powers and duties of the same. was taken
up. A motion to table was lost. Mr..
Williams, of Franklin. offered a subsi
tute, which was tabled. The bin failed
for want Of a constitutional majority.
March AIN the senate Mr.. Nancy
introduced a resolution providing fol
t the appointment of a joint committee &c
inquire II the present lessees of the STATE
prison labor are willing to cancel theil
contract. Also as to the best site for tn,
: erection Of a new p%enitentiary and thu
best method Of disseminating the compe
: tition of convict labor with honest labor
7 Bill is to prevent a fraudulent increast
Of the capital stock of corporations. TIL
: bill makes 1t a felony. An a~mendmen
y 70 make the violation q misdemeano
o Instead OF O felony was tabled and tn
bill failed on third reading for want of
constitutional majority. Bill permittin
% county court clerks TO take fees for cer
t~iicates and seals from applicants 70
Q pensions passed. The house bill for tn
4 relief of taxpayers and to allow the re
: demption of property sold for taxes
. passed. The senate adjourned till 9:S
Monday morning.
In the house Mr.. Golloday read a lette
from several citizens of Lebanon, saying
the burning Of Governor Taylor in ef1gy
4 was done by schoolboys and not by citi
, zens of the place. The bill giving land
owners a lien on crops for supplies fur
nished, passed. The bill to make plain
tiffs liable for commissions Of sheriffs il
all judgments after an execution ha.
been issued on the judgment and 1t ha!
gone into the officers hands for collec
ton was passed. Adjourned till 9:3(
) Monday morning.
: MARCH 7.-Senate: Mr.. Sparks intro
duced a resolution TO appoint five COM
missioners to the Cincinnati centennial ex.
position in 1883, the commissioners TO pay
their wi expenses. Adopted. The sen.
ate joint resolution looking to the aboli.
ton Of the lease system and the removal
of the penitentiary wa adopted. House
bill to amend the mechanics lien law
passed without amendment, 20 to 8.
House. The report Of the conference
committee on the bill to provide for in
clined railroad companies was adopted.
Bill to empower corporations to dispose Of
their property. franchises, ETC., failed for
want Of a constitutional majority. Bill
to increase the permanent school fund
from two to five million dollars, was taken
!, up and though the committee on educa-
ton recommended II to lie on the table, II
passed, fifty to twenty.seven. Itprovides
that the governor shall issue certificates
+ Of Indebtedness. bearing the state seal
and deposit 1t with the comptroller. The
interest is fixed at six per cent, payable
in January and July. The bills for the
preservation of the purity of the ballot.
box we're taken up, pending the considera-
ton Of which the house adjourned. Al
= the afternoon session Of the house the con.
sideration Of Mr.. Milburn's bill to make
4 1t a felony to bride voters, was resumed,
: and 1t passed by a vote Of SO to 90. The
submission bill was passed 70 TO 8, Messrs,
Davis, Harris and 0dlum voting no.
MARCH Notwithstanding there arr
but twenty days Of the present session ye'
remaining, fifteen new bills were to-day
introduced d in the senate and twenty.six II
. the house. House bills, on third reading
. were taken up in the Senate, 10 restric|
: the power Of the mayor and city author
tiles OF Bristol. Passed. Toprevept cor
. porations from infringing on the right,